Love This Comeback
One of my sons serves in the military. He is still stateside, here in
California . He called me yesterday to let me know how warm and
welcoming people were to him, and his troops, everywhere he goes,
telling me how people shake their hands, and thank them for being
willing to serve, and fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that
others may have them also.
But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he
stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead
of several people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a Burkina.
He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked abou t the U.S.
Flag lapel pin the cashier wore on her smock. The cashier reached up and
touched the pin, and said proudly," Yes, I always wear it and probably
always will."
The woman in the Burkina then asked the cashier when she was going
to stop bombing her countrymen, explaining that she was from Iraqi. A
gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around
my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm and
gentle voice to the Iraqi woman:
"Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like this young man
have fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and
accuse a checkout cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is my belief
that had you been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we wouldn't need
to be there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so
loudly a nd clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way back
to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess in YOUR country that you are
obviously here in MY country to avoid."
Everyone within his hearing distance cheered!
One of my sons serves in the military. He is still stateside, here in
California . He called me yesterday to let me know how warm and
welcoming people were to him, and his troops, everywhere he goes,
telling me how people shake their hands, and thank them for being
willing to serve, and fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that
others may have them also.
But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he
stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead
of several people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a Burkina.
He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked abou t the U.S.
Flag lapel pin the cashier wore on her smock. The cashier reached up and
touched the pin, and said proudly," Yes, I always wear it and probably
always will."
The woman in the Burkina then asked the cashier when she was going
to stop bombing her countrymen, explaining that she was from Iraqi. A
gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around
my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm and
gentle voice to the Iraqi woman:
"Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like this young man
have fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and
accuse a checkout cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is my belief
that had you been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we wouldn't need
to be there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so
loudly a nd clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way back
to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess in YOUR country that you are
obviously here in MY country to avoid."
Everyone within his hearing distance cheered!
